Hometown: Barberton, OH
Branch: U.S. Coast Guard
Unit: 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, U.S. Air Force
Military Honors: Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross (3), Air Medal (3)
Date of Sacrifice: June 9, 1968 - KIA near Ban Kaboui, Laos
Age: 34
Conflict: Vietnam War, 1959-1975

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Sources
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Lt. Jack Columbus Rittichier
U.S. Naval Institute: Overlooked Service
United States Coast Guard: Lieutenant Jack Columbus Rittichier: “James Dean and Marlon Brando All in One Package”
War History Online: The Fateful Last Mission Of Jack Rittichier, Coast Guard Rescue Pilot In Vietnam
Military Times—Hall of Valor: Jack Columbus Rittichier
Naval History and Heritage Command, Naval Aviation News, May-June 2004: Lt. Jack C. Rittichier: Vietnam KIA Pilot Comes Home
Kent State Magazine: A Hero’s Legacy
U.S. Air Force: Vietnam War MIAs identified
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association: Rittichier Jack Columbus
Burial Site: Find a Grave